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Urban Mosaic

Jan Sneesby Aaron

paper pieced; longarm quilted by Debbie Bookman I saw this quilt in the book “City Quilts” and decided to give it a try – my, that is! I made it half size as the squares are finished one inch.

Just a Jacket

Jan Sneesby Aaron

machine pieced & quilted I started this in the spring with every intention of completing it for the IQI Challenge. However, rehab for knee replacement surgery did not make it possible to meet the challenge deadline. This is to show everyone that I did complete the challenge project I started.

Mostly Amish

Jan Aaron

Hand applique, machine pieced, machine quilted by Sarah Evans at Sparklesax Designs. From a block of the month project, this beauty was really brought to life by Sarah Evans’ exquisite quilting. Block of the month kit.

Theo’s Quilt

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Sarah Evans, Sparklesax Designs. For a special baby boy cousin. Pattern

Happy Birthday to my Sister

Jan Aaron

Hand applique, machine pieced with piped edge, longarm quilted with rosemaling designs by Sarah Evans, Sparklesax, Designs. Double batted and heavily quilted to focus on Norwegian Rosemaling designs. One section mimics the rosemaling painting of the maker’s late mother, Margaret Sneesby. Pattern and original setting.

Earth’s Tones

Jan Sneesby Aaron

This will be gifted to my personal trainer for her many years of putting up with my lack of coordination, etc. She married last year and I decided that was an appropriate reason to gift her a quilt.

Fish Lips’ Bubbles After a Visit to the Pompidou

Jan Aaron

Raw edge fusing, machine quilted. The background fabric for this piece is titled “Fish Lips”, thus the name. The design is an interpretation of a work hanging in the Pompidou, Paris. The colors were chosen to work with the background.

Lattice in Red & Black

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced &machine quilted. I made this in a workshop taught by Jim Pilarski, at the IQI Quilt-In. It was started in 2009 and completed early this year. I chose to quilt overlapping circles all over the surface to soften the sharp edges of the latticing.

Puzzle the Square

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting. I wanted to use blue and brown to make a contemporary quilt. It is a gift for a young friend. She has yet to see or get it. It was chosen to hang in a recent show at the Hinsdale Art Center.

Vevey Pops

Jan Aaron

Fabric printed photographs, hand beaded, machine quilted. The inspiration for this piece is the pictures I took of flower beds along the Lake Geneva walkway in Vevey, Switzerland. These are some of the distinctive poppies that were blooming in the gorgeous beds this past May.

Indian Mats

Jan Aaron

Paper pieced, longarm quilted by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. I find myself always working with reds and blacks This time I added brown to the mix and kept the reds on the yellow to orange side of the color wheel. The floral outer border tied everything together.

Pink Posies for Carolyn

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced, hand applique and longarm quilted by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. Made for the first birthday of a very special little girl.

Cat’s Meow

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced and longarm quilted by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. I chose very contemporary fabrics to use in this quilt. It was started at an IQI Quilt-In retreat several years ago. The project was done as a mystery quilt.

Dragonfly

Jan Aaron

Collaged with silks, cottons, beads, sequins, angelina fibers and netting; free motion machine quilted. This is my first effort at collaging with fabrics. I have integrated the technique on several other projects – just in smaller pieces.

Puzzle the Square II

Jan Aaron

Machine pieced and longarm quilted by Sally Evanshank. I taught this technique at a workshop during an IQI Quilt-In. The piece was made as a class sample.